Poisoning Our Future: Children And Pesticides By Meriel Watts
by Meriel Watts / 2013 / English / PDF

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This book pieces together just some of the research showing how children are being born pre-polluted, affected by pesticides in the home, in their food, in the rural environment, even in schools — and not forgetting those hundreds of thousands of children born into poverty that are forced to work with pesticides in order for their families to survive. The book examines evidence that children thus exposed face significant risks of birth defects, childhood cancer, Autism Spectrum Disorders, neurodevelopmental delays, asthma, middle ear infections, and other diseases. This book examines some of the mounting evidence that child exposures to pesticides may be a factor contributing to the explosion of adult diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, other metabolic diseases, and cardiovascular problems, as well as cancer, neurological diseases and immune disorders. Preface Contents 1 Introduction 2 Exposure 3 Children's special vulnerability 4 Effects of pesticides on children 5 Regulatory and policy failure 6 Conclusion 7 Recommendations Glossary References Index